We’re at a pizza parlor, listening to “The Perversity of Captain Morgan.” This opera has everything: drunk pirates, “horny fish,” a preteen stowaway from Colorado, and a character referred to only as ...

Lyric Opera of Chicago has received a historic $20 million gift from The Negaunee Foundation, the philanthropic organization ...

Chicago opera fans have a lot to be excited about this season. There are plenty of starry singers and conductors making their debuts with the Lyric Opera of Chicago, while all of the works in Chicago ...

The Music Institute of Chicago and Lyric Opera of Chicago are launching a new partnership in the 2026/27 season. Together, ...

This season sees Chicago’s major opera companies celebrating many anniversaries amid a time of leadership changes. The Lyric Opera of Chicago is not only commemorating its 70th anniversary season, but ...

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John Mangum, who helped guide the Houston Symphony through the turmoil of the pandemic, will serve as the company’s next general director. By Javier C. Hernández Celebrated for his long tenure with ...

Picture this: You’re in your car, with your family, in an underground parking garage. On a makeshift stage, the performer and poet avery r. young, now Chicago’s poet laureate, is intoning and singing.

Think back to your history classes on the Revolutionary War. What sticks out? Paul Revere’s ride? How the colonists rallied at the Battle of Bunker Hill, back when “don’t fire ’til you see the whites ...